Even though many teenagers adore her, Miley Cyrus has been voted Worst Celebrity Influence in a poll conducted by AOL’s JSYK.com (Just So You Know), a site targeting tweens ages 9-15 years old.
Miley Cyrus racked up 42 percent of the votes.  Britney Spears took second place and rapper Kanye West was “awarded” third.
Looks like Miley’s [...]

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Time Warer decided last night to “spin off” AOL into its own, independent comapny.  The Time-Warner board of directors gave the move an “enthusiastic endorsement,” according to reports.
What does this mean for AOL?
Several inside sources would seem to indicate that CEO Tim Armstrong is prepared set to make major changes to the company’s structure, sweeping [...]

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It turns out that the Ashley Biden cocaine video may actually be a fake.
Three media outlets have seen the video.  Two of them, Radar Online and the New York Post, gave descriptions of the video.
Radar Online stated that the video was filmed via hidden camera and showed Ashley Biden doing cocaine with a dollar bill.  [...]

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We had it on the DL that AOL would have a new CEO ASAP.
AOL has just named that chairman and CEO. Tim Armstrong, who formerly ran ad sales for Google, will replace Randy Falco as CEO.
AOL President and COO Ron Grant will also be departing.
Armstrong’s name had been tossed around as a possible CEO at [...]

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TMZ.com is popping of late after posting a new photo of Rihanna after she had been abused by Chris Brown. The picture of Rihanna now seems to be all over the net and spreading at a more-than-viral pace.
They’ve also posted a racy photo of Miss Washington Elyse Umemoto. In the photo (below), she is [...]

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The bloodshed continued today in the world of layoffs.
Time Warner subsidiary AOL is laying off 700 employees because of weak economy and the ensuing drop in advertising revenue – but also due to recent structural reorganizations aimed at refocusing the company.
AOL CEO Randy Falco sent out a memo this afternoon to AOL staff [...]

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As AOL continues to struggle to find direction, they are forming to new divisions: People Networks and MediaGlow.
The People Networks division will focus on AOL’s media properties Bebo and AOL Instant Messenger.
AdWeek reports that the MediaGlow division will focus on the niche properties that AOL owns, like AOL Health and TMZ. AOL claims [...]

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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that former AOL CEO Jonathan Miller is trying to put together enough money to buy Yahoo.
Miller has been talking to private equity investors and sovereign wealth funds for months in hopes of raising money for a Yahoo deal, and it is unclear whether the talks [...]

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